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Fri Dec-19-03 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
| 27. we don't live in any form of democracy |
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| -Do we live in a Democracy? | FDRrocks | Dec-19-03 01:15 AM | #0 |
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No, we live in a Republic. :) |
Selwynn | Dec-19-03 01:17 AM | #1 |
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it was a republic |
Mis-an-thrope1111 | Dec-19-03 01:20 AM | #2 |
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I would argue it was long before that. |
FDRrocks | Dec-19-03 01:22 AM | #4 |
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And the Civil War was the defining moment of empire. |
Spider Jerusalem | Dec-20-03 02:44 AM | #40 |
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We are a republic with an empire. |
K-W | Dec-19-03 01:26 AM | #7 |
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Hi Mis-an-thrope1111!! |
newyawker99 | Dec-20-03 03:17 PM | #51 |
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Welcome to DU, Mis-an-thrope1111! |
JohnLocke | Dec-20-03 04:43 PM | #55 |
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A Democratic republic? |
FDRrocks | Dec-19-03 01:21 AM | #3 |
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No, it is a republic |
jonprt | Dec-19-03 01:24 AM | #5 |
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Welcome to DU |
FDRrocks | Dec-19-03 01:26 AM | #8 |
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It's a democratic republic |
RandomUser | Dec-19-03 01:35 AM | #12 |
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It all falls under Democracy |
FDRrocks | Dec-19-03 01:46 AM | #13 |
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I Agree, But... |
suigeneris | Dec-19-03 02:14 AM | #18 |
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Democracies need not be equitable |
RandomUser | Dec-19-03 04:06 AM | #22 |
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I didn't read your post before replying... |
arcos | Dec-21-03 05:36 AM | #68 |
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Another term for your "republic" is "representative democracy" |
0rganism | Dec-19-03 04:18 AM | #24 |
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And where does referendum fit in? |
Bandit | Dec-19-03 01:45 PM | #36 |
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Referendum is a direct democracy element... |
arcos | Dec-21-03 05:39 AM | #69 |
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Republic = Indirect Democracy |
durutti | Dec-20-03 01:31 AM | #39 |
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Hi jonprt!! |
newyawker99 | Dec-20-03 03:18 PM | #52 |
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welcome to DU! (and you are wrong... :P) |
arcos | Dec-21-03 05:34 AM | #67 |
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And a "republic" means what |
lapauvre | Dec-21-03 02:00 AM | #63 |
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Cut and Dry Republic |
K-W | Dec-19-03 01:24 AM | #6 |
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I think along those lines. |
FDRrocks | Dec-19-03 01:29 AM | #10 |
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It's supposed to be a Democratic Republic but our elected representatives |
genius | Dec-19-03 01:28 AM | #9 |
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In my opinion |
FDRrocks | Dec-19-03 01:30 AM | #11 |
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well it's sorta like "The Matrix" |
maggrwaggr | Dec-19-03 01:49 AM | #14 |
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Welcome, welcome to clarity. |
FDRrocks | Dec-19-03 01:51 AM | #15 |
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I dont feel represented |
corporatewhore | Dec-19-03 01:58 AM | #16 |
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I feel similarly. |
FDRrocks | Dec-19-03 02:00 AM | #17 |
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Corporations are neither |
KT2000 | Dec-19-03 02:24 AM | #19 |
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eveidence of facism nafta wto ftaa cafta |
corporatewhore | Dec-19-03 02:46 AM | #20 |
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Chomsky describes them perfectly accurately... |
JaySherman | Dec-20-03 10:11 AM | #46 |
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Our founding fathers didn't intend for us to be a democracy |
Myra | Dec-19-03 03:13 AM | #21 |
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Quite the contrary, they designed a representative democracy |
0rganism | Dec-19-03 04:08 AM | #23 |
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Oh, thank you Organism. Good info. |
Myra | Dec-20-03 01:03 AM | #37 |
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We live in a very corrupt democracy |
0rganism | Dec-19-03 04:27 AM | #25 |
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We live in a form of Democracy.... |
DemEx_pat | Dec-19-03 05:40 AM | #26 |
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we don't live in any form of democracy |
DeaconBlues | Dec-19-03 05:51 AM | #27 |
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An aging democracy with a hell of a case of facist cancer... |
Junkdrawer | Dec-19-03 05:58 AM | #28 |
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kick |
FDRrocks | Dec-19-03 12:44 PM | #29 |
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No. |
tom_paine | Dec-19-03 12:47 PM | #30 |
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Democracy said bye bye in November 2002... |
Hippo_Tron | Dec-19-03 12:55 PM | #31 |
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Constitutional Republic based on Democratic principles |
GreenPartyVoter | Dec-19-03 12:57 PM | #32 |
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We live in an |
SonofMass | Dec-19-03 01:27 PM | #33 |
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But wouldn't we be need to be taking turns as sort of |
ArkDem | Dec-19-03 01:30 PM | #34 |
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Lucky you. |
bandera | Dec-20-03 12:56 PM | #48 |
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Plutocracy with a facade of democracy. |
ezmojason | Dec-19-03 01:36 PM | #35 |
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and a thin facade at that... - rather a timocracy |
sweetheart | Dec-20-03 05:42 AM | #42 |
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Corpoplutocrorepublic. |
Buzzz | Dec-21-03 05:34 AM | #66 |
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Yes and no. |
durutti | Dec-20-03 01:30 AM | #38 |
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No |
jsw_81 | Dec-20-03 04:53 AM | #41 |
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State of Denial |
tinanator | Dec-20-03 08:41 AM | #43 |
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tinanator - You have just won a trip to personal enlightenment |
BEFOREATHOUGHT | Dec-20-03 12:42 PM | #47 |
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I only voted no because we live in a represenative republic |
nhtfopo | Dec-20-03 09:02 AM | #44 |
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no |
blindpig | Dec-20-03 09:47 AM | #45 |
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Have you read The Assassination of Caesar? |
deutsey | Dec-20-03 01:08 PM | #49 |
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As I said in another thread |
deutsey | Dec-20-03 01:10 PM | #50 |
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That depends on who you ask.. |
wanderingbear | Dec-20-03 03:49 PM | #53 |
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PLEASE get your terms straight, people--it's not that hard! |
Mairead | Dec-20-03 03:56 PM | #54 |
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bad post |
FDRrocks | Dec-21-03 02:37 AM | #65 |
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I hope you didn't think I was directing that at your basenote? |
Mairead | Dec-21-03 07:43 AM | #71 |
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We live in a plutocracy. |
terrya | Dec-20-03 08:04 PM | #56 |
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100% spot-on! Even Bill O'Reilly has admitted as much. |
HypnoToad | Dec-20-03 10:23 PM | #57 |
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Bingo... |
wanderingbear | Dec-21-03 12:47 AM | #59 |
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(Capitalist)Democratic Republic ....BUT... |
Sugarbleus | Dec-21-03 12:42 AM | #58 |
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We are a 'democracy' but not in totally. |
kreg | Dec-21-03 01:28 AM | #60 |
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I'd always heard "constitutional republic" |
jor_mama | Dec-21-03 01:38 AM | #61 |
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Thanks for the complement. |
FDRrocks | Dec-21-03 02:28 AM | #64 |
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We live in a PROPAGANDA-OCRACY |
cryofan | Dec-21-03 01:49 AM | #62 |
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In the sense that our votes count, yes. |
BullGooseLoony | Dec-21-03 05:39 AM | #70 |
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